Tridev 1989 Mp3 Vbr Plus Im Hoping

I just thought Id mention it as something to consider (plus Im hoping more people will give ogg a try, because for me at least I think it does sound better).

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I understand VBR would be better as a means to save HD space, but would VBR not generally produce more dynamic sound as opposed CBR Ive listened to several songs in both formats but I would also like to have some opinions from others.

Also, as a side question, what is the easiest way to use LAME It seems a bit complicated, but I am also a complete newbie so please dont be too harsh on me.

Thanks.

The easiest way to use lame is with a front end like Exact Audio Copy.

If youre using a command line interface, try the --preset fast extreme setting.

I made a post not to long ago that will do exactly what you need.

Tridev 1989 Mp3 Vbr 320 Kbps CBR Offers

So 320 kbps CBR offers the best sound quality.

VBR doesnt exist (due to the limitation to 320 kbps), so the highest average VBR bitrates available are about 290 kbps and the like (from what I experienced myself with single tracks with LAME set to -V0).

Usually the highest VBR quality (said LAME -V0 setting) results in bitrates around 250 kbps.

V0 sounds better than 256 kbps CBR.

The sweet spot when it comes to the spacequality ratio is around -V3.

V2 is commonly considered transparent ( indistinguishable from uncompressed) for 95 of the people.

Someone posted a really good link recently that Im trying to find, with graphs comparing all kinds of different encodings.

From doing my own listening tests, I had found that I was consistently picking the high bitrate VBR over the CBR, and when I read that article it really sealed it for me.

Dont always assume that more bits necessarily better quality.

So you might want to consider encoding to ogg instead, if your player can handle it (I think most can by now).

Ogg vorbis is really state of the art, its too bad that most people just automatically default to mp3.

Ogg is also an open source format, so its superior just on the basis of that fact, imo, all other things being equal.

Moreover, MP3 is much less processor demanding, thus easier on the battery.

And isnt MP3 an open-source format, too (as LAME shows with its constant improvements).

Tridev 1989 Mp3 Vbr 320Kbps